Combined clothes hanger and compartment holder



' V. WALTON June 17, 1952 COMBINED CLOTHES HANGER AND COMPARTMENT HOLDER Filed May 25, 1950 H IT Patented June 17, 1952 COMBINED CLOTHES HANGER AND COMPARTMENT HOLDER Venola Walton, New York, N. Y.

Application May 25, 1950, Serial No. 164,252

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a combined clothes hanger and compartment holder.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a convenient means for the attachment to a clothes hanger of a compartment holder adapted to receive buttons, trimmings, sachet, camphor, moth balls, pins and other items needed for the care of clothes.-

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a combined clothes hanger and compartment holder which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, compact, has a minimum number of parts, easily accessible, provides for a pin cushion adapted to be attached to the hanging handle or bracket and held against pivotal displacement, perforated, and eificient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of the combined clothes hanger and compartment holder embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the hanger with the compartment holder removed, partly in section along the lines 22 of Fig. 1 and showing the manner in which the compartment holder is supported from the hanging .bracket.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the compartment holder.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3 with the cover or pin cushion slightly elevated.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the hanging bracket or hook detached from its retaining projection.

Referring now to the figures, II represents a wire or hanging bracket or hook which is embedded in the garment supporting piece l2 which may be made of plastic and molded about the wire and which is twisted below the supporting" piece [2 in the manner as indicated at l3 and which provides for rivet openings l4 and I5. These rivet openings serve for the attachment of the compartment holder, as indicated at Hi, to the depending twisted wire of the bracket l l. Rivets l1 and I8 are shown extended through the openings l4 and IS in Fig. 3, and connected with the compartment.

The compartment I6 has a bottom 2| therein adapted to hold items 22. The upper part of the container is perforated, as indicated at 23, and a hinge cover 24 i connected to the upper end. The cover 24 provides for a pin cushion portion 25. The cover is hinged at 26 to the upper part on adapted to engage with a retaining upstanding projection 28 forming another part of the wire I I in order to make secure the hanger upon a rod support so that it can be slid along the rod without danger of being disconnected from it.

The basket or compartment I6 is made of metal and can be painted or covered with fabrics such as satin, velvet, and the like. The basket may also be made of straw, cardboard, and very thin wood.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of my invention, what i claimed is:

1. A combined clothes hanger and compartment holder comprising a bar support, a wire bracket within the support and having a hook portion extending upwardly therefrom to fix the hanger to a rod and an integrally depending twisted wire portion having openings therein, a container and rivet means securing the container through the openings to the twisted wire portion.

2. In combination, a bar support for a garment, a wire extending through the bar support and having an upwardly extending hook portion and an integrally depending twisted wire portion, a container secured to and supported by the depending twisted wire portion, a cover secured to the container and having pin cushion material thereon.

3. In combination, a supporting bar, a wire bracket embedded in the supporting bar and having an upstanding hook portion and a retaining projection adapted to receive the end of the hook portion whereby to fix the garment support upon a rod, a twisted wire portion integrally depending from said wire bracket and having vertically spaced openings therein, a container and fastening means securing the container through the openings to the depending twisted wire portion, a hinged cover secured to the upper end of the container and having pin cushion material thereupon.

VENOLA WALTON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,265,789 Vivaudou et al. Dec. 9, 1941 2,529,294 Hammond. Jr. Nov. 7, 1950 

